Effective Date: 24-07-2025

Privacy Policy

Schology ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and disclose your information when you visit or use our website and services.

1. Who We Are

Schology is a scholarship support and information platform operated from the Netherlands. A postal address will be added here once our business registration is complete. For any inquiries, please contact us at team@schology.info.

2. What Data We Collect

a. Personal Data

We collect the following personal data:

  • Name and email address (via subscription or service request forms)
  • Skype or Microsoft Teams username (only indirectly, when scheduling a video call)

b. Non-Personal Data

Collected automatically through cookies and third-party tools:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Referring site and pages visited
  • Time spent on site and clickstream data

This data is collected via:

  • Google Analytics
  • Meta Pixel (Facebook Pixel)

3. How We Collect Data

  • Through newsletter subscription forms on our website
  • Through service request forms filled by users
  • Automatically via cookies and tracking tools (Google Analytics, Meta Pixel)

4. Why We Collect Your Data

  • Newsletter signups: To send you email updates, promotions, and scholarship opportunities
  • Service requests: To contact you regarding your request and deliver the service
  • Analytics: To understand user behavior and improve our website and marketing

5. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Compliance)

We rely on the following legal bases:

  • Consent: For newsletter subscriptions and tracking cookies
  • Contractual necessity: For processing personal data related to paid or requested services
  • Legitimate interest: For website analytics and performance improvements

6. Third Parties We Work With

We may share your data with the following providers:

  • Mailchimp – for managing email lists and sending newsletters
  • Google Analytics – for web analytics
  • Meta Pixel – for marketing performance tracking

7. International Data Transfers

We do not transfer your personal data outside the EU/EEA.

8. Your Rights

Under GDPR and applicable privacy laws, you have the right to:

  • Access the data we hold about you
  • Correct inaccurate data
  • Delete your personal data
  • Withdraw consent at any time
  • Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

To exercise any of these rights, email us at team@schology.info or click "Unsubscribe" in any newsletter email.

9. Data Retention

We retain your data:

  • Until you unsubscribe from our newsletter
  • Or until you email us to delete your personal information

10. Cookies and Tracking

We retain your data:

  • Until you unsubscribe from our newsletter
  • Or until you email us to delete your personal information

11. User-Generated Content

We do not host or allow public user-generated content on our website.

12. Children’s Privacy

Our services are not intended for children under the age of 16. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child without parental consent, we will delete it immediately.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage you to review it regularly. Continued use of our services after changes means you accept the updated policy.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions or requests related to this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at: team@schology.info